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Mrs. Rytych

by Scott Shipley

August 31, 2010

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«Bienvenidos» or "Welcome" to the Shickley Spanish classes! Thank you for visitiing!

The following is a brief overview of the classes available:

ELEMENTARY  SPANISH

The elementary students in grades 3-6 take introductory classes, with an emphasis on building vocabulary by using games, songs, and repetitive and cummulative activities.

 

JUNIOR  HIGH  SPANISH

The seventh and eighth grade students are divided into four sections. During the school year, each section rotates each quarter with classes in computer, art and home economics. Building upon the foundation that was begun in the elementary program, vocabulary and verbalization is repeated and increased by using a variety of games, songs and activities.

 

HIGH  SCHOOL  SPANISH

SPANISH  I:  The goal is to increase vocabulary, improve speaking skills, practice listening and reading comprehension skills, and develop writing skills in Spanish. Cultural activities of Spanish-speaking countries are also included.

SPANISH  II:  The goal is to increase and improve the goals of Spanish I, plus to learn to communicate using a variety of verb tenses.

Web sites last updated: March 23, 2004

You may email me at srytych@esu6.org

Spanish Tutorials

FOLLOWING HEADINGS: List of tutorials, Learning Verb Conjugations, Sites of Links to Other Tutorials, Grammar Guide, Tests to Find Your Level of Spanish, Games, Interesting Facts About the Spanish Language, Study Helps and Strategies, On-line Dictionary and Translator, Other Helps

LIST  OF  TUTORIALS

www.studyspanish.com/  Study Spanish THIS  IS  MY  FAVORITE!  97 grammar lessons with tests on each to note progress, 50 pronunciation lessons, many vocabulary lessons (airport, beach, restaurant, hotel, downtown, meeting people, medical care, shopping, etc.), travel helper, cultural notes and MANY other helps. Has AUDIO by different native speakers for vocabulary practice and oral quizes for each part. 

  •  http://spanish.about.com Spanish.About VERY USEFUL INFORMATION! Many detailed lessons for students from beginners to advanced that include grammar, pronunciation helps, Word of the Day, glossaries, quick tips, fiestas and cultural activities and many other topics. It is easy to use and well organized. Basically it has a lot of information but there are some sections of quizzes to help the student see needs. 
  • www.classzone.com/dime/index.html Classzone Excellent tutorial from McDougal Littel using Internet Resources to learn about culture and grammar; Many web links with each lesson; has good sections of flashcards with pronunciation at www.classzone.com/spanish.cfm 
  •  http://spanish.miningco.com Spanish Mining Co. What You Need to Know About Spanish; much information
  • www.pdictionary.com pdictionary Excellent source for learning new vocabulary words! Uses pictures from a wide variety of categories for many games and activities (flashcards, fill-in-the-blanks, word scramble, stinky spelling, straight recall). (Also has this for learning English, French, German and Italian languages.) 
  • www.lingolex.com/spanish.htm Lingolex EXCELLENT NEW VOCABULARY SOURCE This very thorough list maker goes beyong the basic lists of vocabulary (house items, body, physical appearance, personalities, public places--the topics are quite extensive), not only describing them more specifically, but also gives phrases, sentences and useful expressions. 
  • www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/itinerary.shtml Spanish Steps from BBC: Excellent site with many useful phrases and words for many topics, plus quality cultural information.
  • www.tetera.cl/espanol/menu2.htm La Tetera Traveler's Cafe: all types of information to help learn Spanish for traveling in Chile; good food menu from restaurant; hotel pricing; much more
  •  http://cheshirenetword.org.uk/spanishsteps/pages/stage3.html Additional activities for tutors and learners of Spanish Steps, created by Cheshire Netword
  • www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammar Many well-written, interesting Spanish exercises (gives the answers after each sentence is completed) from Trinity U in San Antonio 
  • www.musicalspanish.com  Musical Spanish: EXCELLENT links to songs commonly used in language classrooms such as Guantanamera, Cielito Lindo, La Cucaracha y Las Ma–anitas. In addition you will find links to other sites of interest to teaching and learning Spanish.
  • www.epas.utoronto.ca/spanish_portuguese/spa220/gramatica.html Very useful, well-written exercises from the University of Toronto--Try it to improve your Spanish!
  • www.caslt.org/research/sp.htm CASLT (from Canada) is a VERY GOOD SITE that has MANY links to exercises (especially verbs), Spanish listening and pronunciation activities, teaching Spanish through music and actual Spanish lyrics (has MANY), and reading actual stories and books (children through adult); also has games 
  • www.cuyamaca.net/ddetwile/Resources/spanishgrammar.asp Cuyamaca Many lessons (most self-checking but a few to e-mail to an instructor), Spanish dictionaries and more links 
  • www.learnspanishtoday.com/free_vocabulary.htm Learn Spanish Today This has a lot of advertising, but it still has quite some value as a learning tool.
  • www.donquijote.org/pdd Palabra del día: a growing list of vocabulary including meaning, sinonyms, and examples. You can receive a word a day by email if you prefer.
  •  http://globegate.utm.edu/spanish GlobeGate An EXCELLENTcomprehensive site with MANY GREAT links to all areas of teaching and learning Spanish (general topic links, art and culture, exhibitions, history, music (Several sites have lyrics for a multitude of songs); also many sites as a search engine 
  • www.ilovelanguages.com I Love Languages EXCELLENT source of many sites that is devoted to bringing together information about the languages of the world, the H-LP database currently contains over 1800 resources covering more than 100 different languages. The language resources listed here come from all around the world, and range from dictionaries to language tutorials to spoken samples of languages. Many, many excellent activities and ideas!
  • www.csusm.edu/languages/links/splinks.htm CSUSM Many great links: many links for each of search engines, dictionaries, vocabulary, grammar, idiomatic expressions, writing guidelines, media, currency converters, etc.; great source to help you learn vocabulary and grammar
  •  http://cvc.cervantes.es/portada.htm Centro Virtual Cervantes If you are interested in langauge and culture this is a place to visit. With the use of Real Video you can explore this museum of language, learn and test your knowledge both for students and instructors.
  • www.auladiez.com/spanish/spanish_exercises.html Aula Diez: Learn Spanish with interactive Spanish exercises such as writing, reading comprehension, multiple-choice, listening and association.
  •  http://eleaston.com  E.L.Easton: Language Online--One of the best sites for not only educational helps, such as how to study, but a multitude of helps for learning Spanish; countless quality links of all types; it would take months to go through everything!)
  • www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/6177 Many great ideas and helps promoting the study an appreciation of the Spanish Language by utilizing a great variety of internet resources. Lots of Spanish-learning resources, including links to Spanish lessons online, Spanish-learning shareware, Spanish verbs tips and info, and the Spanish alphabet and pronuncation. Includes a Spanish test to find your language level.
  •  http://mexico.web.com.mx Mexico.web From Mexico; has a wide range of topics in Spanish, this is a great site; good for culture ideas
  •  http://www.spanishprograms.com Spanish Programs Free 15-min. section (but good to listen to it) with opportunity to buy moreTRY THIS SECTION FOR FUN!
  • www.englishspanishlink.com English-Spanish Link: a blilingual website providing resources to practice and learn Spanish through reading and writing.
  •  http://www.businessspanish.com/LECCION/grammar.htm Business Spanish.com (Very good site—esp. for advanced students to review)
  •  http://www.bibliotecavirtual.com.do Biblioteca Virtual Great amount of information; in Spanish

LEARNING  VERB  CONJUGATIONS

  •  http://conjuguemos.com Conjuguemos VERY GOOD siteto practice verbs! Interactive verb conjugation quizzes for Spanish, French and Latin. You can choose which verb tense to practice, optionally how long to practice fo, and print out a score when the time is up.Gives instant answers for student to check work.
  • www.verbolog.com Verbolog Links to 2 good good sources of information about Spanish verb conjugaton. First, click on the button with the word "Conjugadores", then on the graphic that contains "VERBIX" and you can enter a Spanish verb to see it conjugated into all verb tenses. Second, click on the button with "Los 99 modelos" to see samples of Spanihs verbs conjugated in the various tenses. The entire site is in Spanish.
  • www.verbix.com/webverbix/index.asp Verbix Online conjugation for more than 100 languages. Pick a language, enter a verb, and get its conjugation in more than a dozen different tenses.

SITES  OF  LINKS  TO  OTHER  TUTORIALS

www.lingolex.com/learnspanish/websearch.cgi?category=onlinecourses  Lingolex This site has many other places to learn Spanish.

GRAMMAR  GUIDE

www.econ.jhu.edu/people/tchaidze/SPANGRAM EXCELLENT explanations and charts!  Try it!

TESTS TO FIND YOUR LEVEL OF SPANISH

www.samexplo.org/donquijote.htm Try this; it doesn't take long!Spanish language test for 5 levels, from beginning to advanced--gives score after each section

www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/index1.htm  Goethe-Verlag Free language test 100 free online vocabulary tests to/from 21 different languages and 420 language combinations. Not interactive-one page has fill-in-the-blank phrases, another page has the solutions. Very good site to see where the student is in the development of vocabulary! The Spanish test is at www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/ES/ES.HTM

www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/6177 More thorough test Take this test to find out language level: beginner, intermediate and advanced; takes 20-40 minutes. This site also has many good activities.

 http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/test Don Quijote 

GAMES

 http://www.spanishclassonline.com Has a lot of practice tests, games, etc. ("Hangman" in several different units of vocabulary, etc.)

 http://www.linguascope.com/espanol/demo/default.htm Aches and pains activities

 http://www.quia.com/jg/65552.html numbers 1-100

 http://kidshub.org/kids/spanish.cfm Interactive Fun Quiz: Do this in class—timed—in groups

Interesting Facts about the Spanish Language

 http://cvc.cervantes.es/obref/espanol_eeuu CVC Cervantes Spanish linguistics in the United States; how Spanish is changed

STUDY  HELPS  AND  STRATEGIES

www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides St. Thomas STUDY GUIDES AND STRATEGIES; EXCELLENT RESOURCE TO LEARN HOW TO STUDY (preparing to learn, studying, class participation, learning with others, project skills, reading skills, preparing for tests, taking tests, writing basics, math and science, web truth...HAS ALL OF ITS INFORMATION IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT LANGUAGES--just push which one you want!

ON-LINE DICTIONARY AND TRANSLATOR  

  • www.wordreference.com Good dictionary; Can install dictionary with free plug-in for Netwcape/IE (Windows only) to translate words from English to/from French, Spanish, Italian, or German. O search the dictionaries online. 
  • www.proverbios.com Book of English and Spanish proverbs and idioms and their translation into the opposite language. The Web site contains page of examples, and allows you to order the book. 
  • www.diccionarios.com Dictionary for several languages: Spanish, English, French, Deutsch and Catalá 

OTHER  HELPS

 http://users.erols.com/tonip625/characters.htm How to get accents, etc. on computers--easiest

 http://modlang.boisestate.edu/mlrcfolder/accents.htm How to get the accents, etc. on computers